1910 – Stockport Central Library, Lancashire

Stockport Central Library was built in 1913 with the assistance of Andrew Carnegie (1835–1919), an industrialist turned philanthropist. Initially, Carnegie offered Stockport Corporation £10,000 for the erection of a free central library. The design was put out to competition and Bradshaw & Gass submitted a design costing £14,000. Design published in 1910. The Carnegie assessor, Percy S. Worthington, awarded the ‘premium’ to them in October 1910.